Crime

A Baltimore City woman was arrested Thursday on an outstanding arrest warrant for 52 charges connected to a string of garage burglaries, thefts from vehicles and the theft of a vehicle that occurred early Tuesday, July 14 in Westminster, according to a news release from the Westminster Police Department. Linda Michele Blackwell, 26, was arrested by police at her residence in the 4700 block of Pennington Avenue in Baltimore, police said. As of Friday, Blackwell was being held on $100,000 bond in the Carroll County Detention Center, police said. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 25, according to electronic court records. According to police, the charges stemmed from 21...

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